Shortest Runway Models [Petite Models] Twiggy, Kate Moss, Devon Aoki

BellaPetite.com: The first actual petite model was the British 60′s iconic supermodel 5’4″ Twiggy. She was not a celebrity, she was in fact the high fashion model who is responsible for the trend away from petite celebrities and shapely women.

May 4, 2011 - PRLog -- Few petite models have made an impact on the runways. The first actual petite model to do that was the British 60′s iconic supermodel 5’4″ Twiggy. Twiggy was not a petite celebrity, she was in fact the high fashion model who is recognized as the original waif model responsible for the trend away from shapely women.

Twiggy represented a generation of new British supermodels. Oddly enough, her look lead the trend away from petite models, as opposed to opening doors for petite models to have fashion industry acceptance. Up to that point, typically models were mainly the celebrity petite actresses of the era.

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